Thornton-pickardmfg. Co. Folding Ruby

{"overview":"The Thornton-Pickard Folding Ruby is a British-made folding plate camera, a body type produced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when folding bellows designs were standard for serious amateur and professional photography. With only one historic sale at saleroom level, today's value is uncertain and condition-dependent, so prospective buyers asking what a Folding Ruby is worth or how much one sells for should treat that figure as a dated reference rather than a reliable guide to current price.","buying_guide":"On any wooden folding plate camera of this age, inspect the bellows for pinholes and corner splits, check that the wood and leather covering are intact, and confirm the shutter (Thornton-Pickard's roller-blind focal-plane mechanism on many of their cameras) still runs without sticking. Plate holders, ground-glass screens and lens boards are easily lost, so verify what is actually present.

Generated summary, 29 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.